NWA-PCUG Newsletter Articles 1997
NWA-
PCUG
The Northwest Arkansas Personal
Computer
User Group
Newsletter
Articles
1997
Jan thru Mar - 1997
Apr thru Jun - 1997
Jul thru Sep - 1997
Oct thru Dec - 1997
Click here to
return to top
Oct thru Dec
- 1997
- December - 1997
- MS Office 97 Service Release
1 - by Bob Frye - December 97
- Fix the well publicized conversion problem between
Word 97 and previous Word versions and receive as a bonus 100+ MB ValuPack
of application extras such as file viewers, clip art, maps, etc.
- Drive Image from PowerQuest
Corp. - A Review by Doug MacDonald - Dec 97
- Capture a mirror image of a hard drive or a partition
and store in a file for later use. It can be stored on same or different
hard drive, Zip or Jaz drives, or even floppies and is useful for recovery
or just plain backup.
- Fun Stuff
- by Betty Davis, Vice President - December 97
- Download and view friends, relatives, or whomever
pictures from the net with Photoworks.
- November - 1997
- Paperwork and Phone Calls
- by Betty Davis, Vice President - November 97
- So you need help? A guide to help you to be prepared
when you call for support.
- WOW Personal Investor 5.0
- A Review by Bob Frye - November 97
- Window On WallStreet's (WOW) Personal Investor 5.0
is a specialized program for fundamental and technical analysis of stocks
and mutual funds. Very comprehensive!
- PowerQuest Partition Magic
3.0 - A Review by David Hinds, Part 2 of 2 -
Nov 97
- Eliminate FDISK. Add, delete, resize hard drive partitions
with the touch of the mouse. (See also part 1 in September 97)
- October - 1997
- Zip Drives and More Of That
Ilk.... - by Betty Davis, Vice President - October
97
- Another mission accomplished, namely backing up to
multiple zip cartridges, but not without a couple of fumbles along the
way.
- Lview Pro 2.0
- by Carl Bethea, President - October 97
- A complete shareware graphics system. It not only
has a quick and easy cataloging system, but is a full featured paint program.
Take a look.
- Large Capacity Floppy Drives
- by Carl Bethea, President - October 97
- A discussion of 120 megabyte 3.5" floppies and
their price. Are they worth it?
- Microsoft Publisher 97 by Design
- by Bob Frye - October 97
- A review of Luisa Simone's MS Publisher 97 book. A
good book for beginners as well as a reference for the experienced. Luisa
discusses the basics and the "how-to's" through project illustrations.
Click here to
return to top
Jul thru
Sep - 1997
- September - 1997
- Running Office 97 vs Office
97 At A Glance - by Bob Frye - September 97
- A Face Off Book Review on two Microsoft Office 97
books.
- Why I Don't Use Windows Programs'
Self-UnInstallers - by Don Two - Sep 97
- A long time 3rd party uninstaller user justifies his
position.
- UnInstaller 4.5 For Win 95
and Win NT 4.0 - by Doug MacDonald - Sep 97
- A Review of CyberMedia's recent update of its popular
and award winning UnInstaller.
- Upgrade...Thoughts About Needs
and Wants - by Betty Davis, Vice Pres - Sep 97
- Do you really need to upgrade? If so, to what extent?
- PowerQuest Partition Magic
3.0 - A Review by David Hinds, Part 1 of 2 -
Sep 97
- Add, delete, resize, or whatever, your hard disk partitions,
at the click(s) of the mouse. (No more Fdisk'ing). (See also part 2 in
November 97)
- Basic Answers
- by Ed Maxey - September 97
- Leukemia in children and electromagnetic field exposure
(EMF) and A BASIC program to compute the odds of EMF exposure.
- Crash Course Word 95
- by Max Beasley - September 97
- Published by Mike Murach and Associates, this is an
excellent beginner's book and a good reference for the experienced user.
And, with the users' group 40% discount, is available for $9.00.
- August - 1997
- Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0
- A Review by Bob Frye - August 97
- Import images, from disk, CD-ROM, scanner, wherever
and manipulate at will: rotate, resize, lighten, whatever.
- PrntScrn Revisited & One
Click PrntScrn in Win 95 - by Bill Shook - August
97
- PrtSrn in DOS is just one click, but in Windows it's
something else again. However, PC Magazine's print utility provides one
click PrtScn for Windows 95, with most features also working in NT.
- Want An Icon In Your Tray?
- by Bill Shook - August 97
- This handy shareware utility lets you put a program's
icon in the system tray, including DOS programs, and use any icon available.
- July - 1997
- Microsoft Home Essentials 97
- A Review by Carl Bethea, President - July 97
- Products included are: MS Word 97, MS Works 4.0, Encarta(r)
97, MS Internet Explorer, the MS Network, Greetings Workshop with Hallmark,
MS Arcade, and the Internet Gaming Zone
- Crash Course Excel 95
- A Book Review by Doug MacDonald - July 97
- Written by Anne Prince and published by Mike Murach
and Associates, it's an excellent beginner's book and a good reference
for the experienced user. And... the publisher provides User's Groups with
a 40% discount off the $15.00 list.
- Number Please
- by John Clark - July 97
- Though we think we are using alpha characters for
addresses, in reality the Internet is all about numbers.
Click here to
return to top
Apr thru
Jun - 1997
- June - 1997
- When Your Computer Needs First
Aid 97 - by Carl Bethea, President - June 97
- Get top performance from your system. First Aid 97
for Windows 95 analyzes, reports, and fixes a wide range of problems. It
also includes Oil Change to keep it up-to-date.
- OnLine Investing
- by Betty Davis, Vice President - June 97
- A collection of Internet investment sites to tap into.
- May - 1997
- Norton Utilities V 2.0 for
Windows 95 - A Review by Bill Shook - May 97
- The latest of what is arguably the premier collection
of PC utilities. NU2 monitors, protects and fixes a wide range of problems,
some before they happen.
- April - 1997
- Good Times Virus
- A Spoof by Betty Davis - April 97
- A spoof on the Good Times Virus and supposedly what
all it can do to you - from the CIAC.
- Adding Zip To My PC
- by Bob Frye - April 97
- An experience of a successful Iomega Zip drive installation
on a 486
- Missionary Software
- by Rod White - April 97
- 'File conversion is not exactly like a religious conversion.
But a guru is required' Humor with converting a FAX transmission to an
AutoCAD screen.
- Bigfoot.com
- by Ron Koelling - April 97
- Free E-mail re-direction/forwarding service for life
with your own "Bigfoot-4-Life" e-mail address.
Click here to
return to top
Jan thru
Mar - 1997
- March - 1997
- Windows Draw 5
- by Carl Bethea, President - March 97
- Rivals Corel Draw with many features like 3D text
and graphics, internet graphics, photo editing, web-page design, a drag-and-drop
clip art manager, and tons of images, clipart, and fonts.
- HOAXES Continued...
- by Betty Davis, Vice President - March 97
- Identify a real virus vs a hoax. Contact CIAC (Computer
Incident Advisory Capability).
- MicroHelp UnInstaller 4
- A Review by Bob Frye - March 97
- A full 32 Bit Windows 95 utility with 6 major clean
up tools for removing unwanted software.
- Bits, Bytes, or Why Do We Get
Email We Can't Read? - by John Clark - Mar 97
- All you need or want to know about bit coding, MIME,
UUE, BINHEX and why you can't read certain email messages and what to do
about it.
- From the President
- by Carl Bethea, President - March 97
- As the title implies - a pep-talk from the president
on the need for members to speak up with comments, complaints, and suggestions.
- February - 1997
- HOAXES: The Good, Bad, and
Just Plain Ugly - by Betty Davis, V. Pres - Feb
97
- Bombarded with virus notices? Learn how to identify
the hoaxes from the real ones.
- GPS and Delorme
- by Ed Lentz - February 97
- Use Street Atlas USA to plan and print your trip maps
and GPS (Global Positioning System) to track your journey on the maps.
- Corel WordPerfect Suite 7 for
Windows 95 - A Review by Bill Shook - February
97
- Corel's first WordPerfect Suite. Includes WP 7, Quattro
Pro 7, Presentations 7 and much more.
- Tracking the DOW in Quicken
5 - by Bob Frye - February 97
- Use Quicken 5 to track the DOW and your progress toward
it.
- January - 1997
- Street Atlas USA v4.0 by DeLorme
- A Review by John Clark - January 97
- Custom design and print your trip maps. Also email
them to anyone having the same program.
Click here to
return to top